Global Health Governance and the Commercial Sector: A Documentary Analysis of Tobacco Company Strategies to Influence the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Heide Weishaar; Jeffrey Collin; Katherine Smith; Thilo Grüning; Sema Mandal; Anna Gilmore

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001249

Global Health Governance and the Commercial Sector: A Documentary Analysis of Tobacco Company Strategies to Influence the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Heide Weishaar, Jeffrey Collin, Katherine Smith, Thilo Grüning, Sema Mandal, Anna Gilmore

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In successfully negotiating the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the World Health Organization (WHO) has led a significant innovation in global health governance, helping to transform international tobacco control. This article provides the first comprehensive review of the diverse campaign initiated by transnational tobacco corporations (TTCs) to try to undermine the proposed convention.

Original language	English
Article number	e1001249
Journal	PLoS Medicine
Volume	9
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001249
Publication status	Published - 2012

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